[SOLVED] Creating image with php

[slyte33]

Hello, i've just signed up and will probably start coming here a lot.

I've read a bit on the forums and like what I see

 

I am curious is to how I could implant the number of players on my game, with an image.

I DO have the script to make an image but what I want is actually more complex than what you are thinking.

 

First examine this image:

 

 

Where it says Players, i'd like it to display the amount of players, but with with a font that looks the same way as the players.

 

I can easily create 0, 1, 2, 3... etc up to 9 to have this.

 

I use ADODB which makes coding much easier, so if I were to make this image, i would go along with:

 

$query = $db->execute("select * from players");

$count = $query->recordcount();

 

Then in the file that I already have the script made on, i would probably add something like this:

 

imagestring($image, 3, 115, 15, "$count", white);

 

If it is simply not possbile to add the numbers with the same font as the word "PLAYERS" then that is fine, but the next question would be..

 

How do I make the image I made in php be the background of the banner above?

I've tried a lot and cannot seem to change anything except the background image of the picture.

 

I hope I can be a good part of this community one day, and will start visiting here often.

 

All help on this is MUCH appreciated! Thanks!

[Garethp]

http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.imagettftext.php

 

That lets you use a ttf font file for the font of text

[slyte33]

How would I make the banner the main background image, as if it was a normal .gif image and not a .php file?

 

Thanks for feedback

[Garethp]

Why don't you post the code you currently have, and then fully explain what you mean by as a gif not a php file

[Robbrad]

You need to use your .htaccess file and apache mod rewrite to re write requests to the gif file to go to the php file

 

something like...

RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^image.gif image.php? [QSA]

 

http://www.workingwith.me.uk/articles/scripting/mod_rewrite

[slyte33]

Ok here is my code, this will simply show the number of players in the center of a 280 by 50px box, with a transparent background. My goal is to show these players in the banner listed above:

 

<?php
include("lib.php");
$player = check_user($secret_key, $db);


$totplayers = $db->execute("select * from players");

$players = $totplayers->recordcount();



$image = imagecreatetruecolor(280, 50);
$red = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 0, 0);
$black = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);

// Make the background transparent
imagecolortransparent($image, $black);

$text_color = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 0);
$white = ImageColorAllocate($image,255,255,255);
$blue = imagecolorallocate($image, 0, 0, 255);
$red = imagecolorallocate($image, 0 , 200, 0);


$bg = imagecolorallocate($image, 255, 255, 255);
$textcolor = imagecolorallocate($image, 1, 1, 1);




imagestring($image, 3, 115, 15, "$players", $textcolor);



header('Content-type: image/png');

imagepng($image);
imagedestroy($image);
?>